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Dorsum brown, gray, olive, or reddish, with irregular dark spotting or blotching; usually has a dark mask above the whitish jaw stripe; adults usually red on lower abdomen and underside of legs; usually coarse blackish, red, and yellow mottling in groin; relatively long legs (heel reaches at least to nostril when extended leg is pulled forward; eyes face outward, well covered by lids when viewed...

The weak call consists of a rapid series of 6-9 low clucking notes, sometimes described as sounding like a distant woodpecker's tapping. This species generally vocalizes only during the breeding season (Leonard et al. 1993); however vocalizations have been heard during the fall (Leonard et al. 1997). Source: Encyclopedia of Life